Children love to play pretend, holding imaginary tea parties, educating classrooms of teddies or running their own grocery ...

Discover how an ape playing tea party teaches us humans are not the only beings with complex mental lives.

Scientists tested a bonobo called Kanzi and found evidence he could understand pretend objects, suggesting imagination may not be human-only.

A bonobo demonstrated the ability to track imaginary objects in controlled tests, challenging the belief that imagination is uniquely human and hinting at deep evolutionary roots. In a set of ...

An ape was able to identify the location of imaginary objects in pretend scenarios, researchers find ...

New study reveals our closest relatives share the cognitive roots of imagination and pretense. Remember childhood tea parties? The cups are empty, the teapot is dry, yet the air is thick with the ...

A bonobo named Kanzi surprised scientists by successfully playing along in pretend tea party experiments, tracking imaginary juice and grapes as if they were real. He consistently pointed to the ...

Humans aren't the only species that can pretend, a study shows. Scientists offered a bonobo imaginary juice and grapes in a ...

Past anecdotal observations have hinted that great apes play pretend. But now, experimental research shows that our closest living relatives can keep track of imaginary objects.

Discover some interesting facts about bonobos, the peaceful and endangered great apes found only in the Congo rainforest.

World Bonobo Day reminds us that one of our closest relatives lives by cooperation, not conflict, and now faces serious ...